RTW - Some more information

My friend Dan Stover had a link to this blog posted by someone else on his Facebook wall.  Being the inquisitive young lad I am, I was inclined to click it, especially since I like travel.  Needless to say, the excellence of the information provided, along with how well it's presented, excited me for the potential of this trip.  However....

I unfortunately can't afford to just, oh, stop life right now and hop around the globe.  Hence, I have to put it on hold for a year or so.  But, this blog is to keep me entertained and focused on the program at hand.  And, also, perhaps to finance.  In my first post, I did mention the Google Ads, and I encourage you to click those.  But, this process can move quicker with sponsors.  Never hesitate to donate or to ask me to pimp your product.  E-mail.

Anyways, if you haven't taken the time to click the link to the blog, here's the gist:

A "RTW" (round-the-world) ticket provides some of the best travel whilst traveling.  Throw in miles and the like and it only gets to be a better one.  Plus, with the company I have my "loyalty" program through, it's cheapest to leave from Seoul.  Consider: The listed fair comes in at about 3,400,000 KRW, or about $300 USD.  Round trip from Seoul to Detroit last summer the cost was approximately $1500.  It's about twice as expensive for a RTW business class, but......

You get 16 flights.  So about $3,000 for up to 16 flight segments.  Less than $200 a flight, and that's including trans-Pacific/Atlantic.  In fact, the fare REQUIRES that you make one of each of those.

Another thing that I'm going to attempt on this trip is how I'll be staying in cities.  This will be tough if I travel in SE Asia, but in Europe, the US, and some other places I ought to be able to make it work.  My first choice would be to stay with a friend, or a friend of a friend.  Someone I know.  I say this not to mooch, per se, but for two other reasons.  First, it's always nice to spend time with someone who knows the city (See #2) but second is that I am quite proud of the global network I've created.  I have friends in several European countries, a couple African countries, some Asian countries, and all across the US.

If it cannot be with a friend, or a friend of a friend, I'll tap into "social networking" and do my best to Couch Surf.  I've attempted to utilize this before, but only once have I been able to.  I hope it's more successful this time around.

And, if worse comes to worse, there's always hostels or hotels.  (The former over the latter, of course).  And if worse comes to worse to worse, airport chairs are comfy?

Anyways, there's the gist of the plan, and a hint of the inspiration.  Tomorrow we'll look into a possible first destination.

Cheers!